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Q.P.R. prepare to entertain Cardiff City at Loftus Road on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 19 wins out of 28 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Loftus Road was just last season, in November 2004, the Rangers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 08 May | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Q.P.R. | 1-0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 25 May | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Q.P.R. | D2PO |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Cardiff City | 1 - 2 | Q.P.R. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Q.P.R. | 0 - 4 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Q.P.R. | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 25 Sep | Q.P.R. | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park Rangers's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Rangers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Cardiff City's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Q.P.R. see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 29 points from their 25 games played so far, Cardiff City's 35 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Loftus Road for the Rangers and the Madmen are unable to see past Cardiff City claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Cardiff City | 6 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |